AFC 1939/008: John Hammond and Alan Lomax Recordings of Blues and Jazz Musicians
Eleven 12-inch discs of twenty-four songs and stories played, sung, and spoken by Albert Ammons, James P. Johnson, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, and Sa(u)nders (Sonny Terry) Terrell. Includes interviews of the musicians conducted by Alan Lomax. Recorded by Alan Lomax, December 24, 1938, in New York City, through the courtesy of John Hammond. [from old notes: Recordings of jazz musicians who performed at Carnegie Hall (Dec. 22, 1939?)] (includes AFS 2490; 2496) [catalog record]

AFS 2490B1-4; 2496B1-2: Two discs containing 7 blues songs, sung by James P. Johnson of Kansas City, Missouri, accompanying himself of the piano. Recorded in New York City by Alan Lomax, December 24, 1938.

AFS 3195-3198: Four discs containing 22 labor-organizing and political songs. Recorded in St. Louis, Missouri, December 9-10, 1936.

AFS 3199-3224: Twenty-six discs containing 98 songs, instrumentals, and oral histories. Recorded in Springfield, Missouri, December 1936 and January 1937.

AFS 3237-3239: Three discs containing 9 labor-organizing and political songs, sung by John Handcox of Columbia. Recorded March 9, 1937.

AFS 3263B1-3267B3: Five discs containing 17 songs performed by Mrs. Cinderella Kinnaird of Willow Springs, Missouri. Recorded at the National Folk Festival in Chicago, Illinois, May 29, 1937.

AFC 1940/001: W.P.A. California Folk Music Project Collection, 1938-1940
Two hundred thirty-nine discs and numerous photographs, drawings, transcriptions, correspondence, and manuscripts documenting 17 ethnic groups recorded in northern California folk music by Sidney Robertson Cowell for the Northern California Work Projects Administration (WPA). The project was sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley, and co-sponsored by Library's Archive of American Folk Song. (includes AFS 3346A1-A2) [catalog record]

AFS 3346A1: One disc containing "Root, Hog, or Die" sung and performed with guitar by R. R. Denoon. Recorded in Springfield, Missouri, by Sidney Robertson, December, 1936.

AFS 3346A2: One disc containing "The Stone That Goes Rolling Will Gather No Moss" sung by Ben Rice. Recorded in Springfield, Missouri, by Sidney Robertson, December, 1936.

AFC 1941/001: Vance Randolph Collection
The Vance Randolph Collection documents aspects of Ozark life in the early 1940s. Randolph made field recordings of folksongs and collected stories of life in the Ozarks. The collection includes 213 graphic images and 190 discs containing songs, instrumentals, and tales from the Ozark Mountain region, recorded by Vance Randolph, 1941-1942. In addition to the material obtained in the field, Randolph accumulated an extensive number of newspaper clippings on a wide variety of subjects relating to the Ozarks, including local legends, history, language, and sporting activities. [catalog record][finding aid]

AFS 5397B2: One disc containing "Oh, There Was an Old Soldier," collected in Pineville, Missouri, in 1923 by Vance Randolph. Performed and recorded by Vance Randolph in Galena, Missouri, February 2, 1942.

AFS 5421-5425B3: Four discs containing 27 fiddle tunes performed by Delbert McGrath of Day, and three songs sung by Lillian Short of Galena. Recorded April 23 and June 17, 1942.

AFS 6901B1-6904B3: Four discs containing 20 fiddle tunes performed by Billy Bilyeu (pronounced "Blue") of Walnut Shade. Recorded on February 1, 1943.

AFC 1942/003: "Dear Mr. President" Collection
Four 16-inch, 48 12-inch, and 3 8-inch discs of recorded reactions to war-time conditions in the United States. Recorded for the Office of Emergency Management Radio Section program "Dear Mr. President." The collection includes one linear inch of correspondence, logs, and transcripts. Recorded in various locations throughout the United States by Robert E. Barton Allen, Harry Behn, Fletcher Collins, Duncan Emrich, John Henry Faulk, Helen Hartness Flanders, Charles Johnson, Lewis Jones, Marguerite Olney, Vance Randolph, William N. Robson, Robert Sonkin, and Charles Todd, January-February, 1942. [catalog record][online presentation]

AFS 6423-6425; 6429: Four discs containing interviews entitled "Dear Mr. President." Recorded in Galena, Missouri, in 1942 by Vance Randolph for the Radio Research Project.

AFC 1944/014: Martha L. Smith Autobiography Recordings
Four 16-inch discs of an interview with 92-year old Martha L. Smith, originally of of Benton County, Missouri. Smith is the author of a book about Missouri life entitled Going to God's Country. The collection includes a log, a newspaper article, and notes about the interview. Recorded at the Library of Congress, in Washington, D.C., by B.A. Botkin and Arthur Semmig, March 17, 1944. (includes AFS 7093-7096) [catalog record]

AFC 1946/001: Betty Bush Winger Manuscript Collection
Songs, religious plays and tracts, stories, folksongs, correspondence with Duncan Emrich. [R.W. Gordon finding aid says the following about this collection: Two collections of ca. 125 songs obtained from Betty Bush Winger, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, including black songs from Winger's home in the Ozark region of Missouri. Manuscript II corresponds with ca. 25 recordings made by R.W. Gordon at Point Pleasant, 1931-32.]

AFC 1950/017: National Folk Festival, 1938
One 12-inch and 39 16-inch discs of instrumentals, radio programs, and songs. The collection includes 3/4 linear inch of song lists, newspaper articles, and programs. Sarah Gertrude Knott makes some introductions. Recorded primarily at the National Folk Festival in Washington, D.C., by the U.S. Recording Company, May 6-8, 1938. [catalog reocrd]

AFS 9847B3-9848A2: Two discs containing a medley of songs and dances performed by a Mexican choir from Our Lady of Guadeloupe Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Recorded at the National Folk Festival in Washington, D.C., May 26, 1938.

AFC 1950/002: Anne and Frank Warner Collection
One hundred five discs, 17 7-inch tapes, and 2 5-inch tapes of instrumentals, interviews, readings, songs, and stories recorded in the Bahamas, Massachusetts, the Middle West, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, by Anne and Frank M. Warner, 1940-66. The collection includes 3/16 linear inch of concordances, correspondence, fieldnotes, and lists. Includes materials from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, recorded in 1941. (includes AFS 10,055-10,057;15,385-15,400;15,261-15,384; 15,564-15,565;17,769) [catalog record][finding aid]

AFS 10,075-10,080: Marvin A. Miller / Arkansas Folklore and Folk Music
Six 10-inch double-track tapes containing songs (some accompanied), fiddle tunes, and conversations. Recorded in Arkansas and Missouri by Merlin Mitchell of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, February-July, 1950. (includes AFS 10,076B11-19)

AFS 10,803-10,825: University of Arkansas / Folk Music of Arkansas
Twenty-three 10-inch tapes of songs (some accompanied), fiddle tunes, and conversations. The collection includes a list. Recorded in Arkansas and Missouri by Irene Carlisle of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, 1951-52.

AFS 10,806B1-2: One 10-inch tape which includes a fragment of a Civil War song about a game of euchre, and the account of a baby found on Wilson's Creek Battlefield; told and sung by Mrs. J.T. Davidson of Elkins. Recorded on July 20, 1950.

AFS 10,808A-10,809B; 10,810B: Three tapes containing 42 songs and instrumentals performed by various persons in Golden City, Reed Springs, Galena, Lampia, and Springfield, Missouri. Recorded in July and September 1950.

AFS 10,813B: One tape containing 10 songs sung by Opal Donahue of Galena, Missouri. Recorded on December 10, 1950.

AFS 11,869-11,878: Sherman Lee Pompey Collection of Music from the Ozarks
Ten 10-inch tapes containing Missouri Ozark songs, lore, and hymns. Includes Anglo-American ballads, Sacred Harp and other shape-note singing, tales, and songs by May Kennedy McCord, fiddle tunes, and recordings from the Sheperd of the Hills Folk Festival in Notch, Missouri, May 22, 1960, and the National Folk Festival in St. Louis, Missouri, 1953. Recorded by Sherman Lee Pompey.

AFS 11,887-11,910: University of Arkansas Duplication Project
Twenty-four 10-inch tapes of songs (some accompanied), fiddle tunes, and conversations. Recorded in Arkansas and Missouri by Irene Carlisle, Mary C. Parler, and others from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, 1951-59.

AFS 11,897A18-20: One tape containing 3 songs by Ruby Rubow of Seligman, Missouri. Recorded on November 20, 1954.

AFS 11,899B19-20: One tape containing 2 songs performed by Walter Vaughan of Springfield, Missouri. Recorded on April 6, 1958.

AFS 11,902B: One which includes 15 songs sung by Mr. J.W. Breazeal of Springfield, Missouri, with an account of his personal history; and 3 songs sung by Emma Jean Bushong and Verda Faye Hamilton of Gainesville, Missouri. Recorded on April 27 and 29, 1958.

AFS 11,905A9-16, 21-23: One tape containing 11 songs performed by C.W. Ingenthorn of Walnut Shade, Missouri, and Olive Coberly of Hickory County, Missouri. Recorded on November 19, 1958, and May 12, 1959, respectively.

AFS 12,034-12,051: University of Arkansas Folklore Class
Eighteen 10-inch tapes of songs (some accompanied), fiddle tunes, and conversations. Recorded in Arkansas and Missouri by Mary C. Parler and others from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, 1951-61.

AFS 12,046B17, 20-22; 12,047A1-5, 7, 10-14, 16-27; B1-4: Two tapes which include 31 songs and instrumentals performed by Olive Coberly of Hickory County, Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. George Ripley of Milford, Missouri; Harry Bennett of Wheatland, Missouri; and Herbert Philbrick of Crocker, Missouri; Mr. Philbrick is also interviewed. Recorded September-December 1959.

AFS 12,048A2-4, 9-14, 18, 20-21, 25: One tape containing 13 songs performed by Olive Coberly of Hickory County, Missouri; Walter Vaughan of Springfield, Missouri; and Mrs. Cobain of Elkton, Missouri. [note: partially dubbed from the Max Hunter collection.] Recorded on July 29, 1959.

AFC 1968/007: University of Arkansas Recordings, 1960-1965
Twenty-two 10-inch reels of songs (some accompanied), fiddle tunes, and conversations. Recorded in Arkansas and Missouri by Mary C. Parler and others from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, 1960-64. [catalog record]

AFS 13,126A: One tape containing 29 songs, anecdotes, tales, and banjo tunes from the towns of Neosho and Goodman, Missouri. Recorded in January 1965 by Doug Dunham.

AFS 13,140B12-13; 13,141A8-9: Two tapes containing four songs performed by Rita Smith and Marilyn McNabb of Seligman, Missouri; Leslie Sharpe of St. Louis, Missouri; and Mary Frances Weaver of Crane, Missouri. Recorded on October 26, 1963, and January 11, 1964, by Mary Shand.

AFS 14,209B2-14,210B1: Two tapes containing 26 songs performed by Max Hunter of Springfield, Missouri. Recorded by Sandy Paton, November 1962.

AFC 1970/050: University of Arkansas Recordings of Folksongs from Arkansas and Missouri
One 10-inch tape of songs from Arkansas and Missouri. Recorded by Mary C. Parler and others from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. [catalog record]

AFS 14,253A5-7, 10-12, 16-22: One tape containing folk music from Arkansas and Missouri, including 10 songs performed by W. H. Shelley of Cabool, Missouri; Ethel Hunter of Springfield, Missouri; Mrs. Ed Newton of Gainesville, Missouri; and Mrs. "Iva" Haslett of West Plains, Missouri. Recorded by Mary C. Parler for the University of Arkansas, May-June 1958.

AFS 14,302: Max Hunter Duplication Project, Part I
One 10-inch tape of folksongs from the Ozarks performed by Loman Cansler, Wise Jones, Al Lindstedt, Allie Long Parker, Frank Pool, David Pricket, and Goldie Schoot. Recorded in Parkville, Missouri; and Clifty, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, and Mondell, Arkansas, by Max Hunter, 1957-58. Recordings include Hunter's comments and reflections on his collecting experiences.

AFS 14,302B1-2: One tape containing folksongs of the Ozarks sung by Max Hunter of Springfield, Missouri, including two collected from Loman Cansler of Parkville, Missouri. Recorded on October 18, 1957.

AFS 14,601: University of Arkansas Duplication Project
One 10-inch tape of folk music from Arkansas and Missouri. Recorded ca. 1959. The collection includes a 2-page log. Recordings copied from the Arkansas Folklore Archives. (1 hour; LWO 6573)

AFS 14,601A30-36: One tape containing folk music from Arkansas and Missouri, including 7 songs sung by Palmer Hill of Springfield, Missouri. Recorded for the University of Arkansas by Mary C. Parler, January 2, 1959.

AFS 16,987A19-16,988A15; 16,988B-16,989A: Three tapes containing 114 tunes performed on fiddle, banjo, and guitar by various persons from the towns of Ludlow, Harrisburg, Columbia, and Filmore, Missouri.

AFC 1974/016: Mr. and Mrs. Adolf E. Schroeder Collection of Fiddle Tunes
Two 10-inch tapes containing fiddle tunes played by R.P. Christeson of Auxvasse and Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Boone of Mexico, Missouri, accompanied by piano, guitar, and bass guitar. Recorded at a reception honoring the publication of Christeson's book, The Old Time Fiddler's Repertory (University of Missouri Press). Recorded in Columbia, Missouri, by R.P. Christeson, January 18, 1974. (includes AFS 17,027-17,028)

AFC 1975/021: National Folk Festival, 1952
One 10-inch tape of excerpts from the 18th Annual National Folk Festival. Recorded in St. Louis, Missouri by the Voice of America, May 15-17 (19?), 1952. (includes AFS 17,507) [catalog record]

AFC 1975/022: National Folk Festival, 1954
Two 10-inch tapes containing excerpts from the 20th National Folk Festival, including dances, instrumentals, and songs from Anglo, Cuban, German, Hungarian, Jewish, Mexican, Native, and Filipino American traditions. The National Folk Festival sponsored by St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The collection includes notes about performers and songs. Recorded in St. Louis, Missouri, by the Voice of America, April 7-10, 1954. [catalog record]

AFS 17,508A6-7: One tape containing two songs performed by May Kennedy McCord of Springfield, Missouri.

AFS 17,508A11: One tape containing a square dance with clogging performed by the Ozark Ramblers and the Dixie Square Dance Team of Dixon, Missouri.

AFS 17,508A12: One tape containing three jig dances performed by "Ozark Jim" Von Gremp and his son of Camdenton, Missouri.

AFS 17,508B4-5: One tape containing two game songs performed by the children of Antonio Consolidated School of Crystal City, Missouri.

AFS 17,509A1-13: German dance tunes and processions performed by Fritz Thiessen and the Rhineland Wurst Jagers of Rhineland, Missouri.

AFS 17,509A16: One tape containing "Tinikling," a Phillipines dance performed by Filipino physicians and nurses from St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

AFS 17,509B4: One tape containing "Czardas," the national dance of Hungary, performed by the Hungarian Hall Dancers of St. Louis, Missouri.

AFS 17,509B5: One tape containing "Levantine Wedding Festival," performed by members of the Young Men's Harikuda Association, a part of the Jewish Community Centers Association of St. Louis, Missouri.

AFS 18,711: Sterling Kelley and Cathy Barton Recordings
One 10-inch tape of Sterling Kelley playing on the leaf and bones, and describing his techniques. Recorded in Columbia, Missouri, by James Kearnes, January 1976.

AFC 1977/003: 1977 Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection
Concert by the Balfa Brothers and Joe Polite from Louisiana, performing Cajun and Missouri French music at the Library of Congress on July 27, 1977. Congresswoman Lindy Boggs introduces the second half of the concert. (includes AFS 18,983-18,987) [catalog record][finding aid]

AFS 19,341: Howard W. Marshall / Old-Time Fiddle Recordings
One 10-inch tape of 14 old-time fiddlers recorded in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and accompanied by 5-string banjo, guitar, etc. Included are nineteen fiddle tunes performed by Cleo Persinger of Columbia, Cyril Stennet of the town of Oregon, Missouri; Ed Davis of Kansas City, Missouri; Lyman Enloe of Raytown, Pete McMahon of Harrisburg, Missouri; and Henry Wells of Fayette, Missouri. Recorded by Jake Hughes, before 1965.

AFC 1979/003: Joseph Médard Carrière Collection
Four 10-inch tapes copied from 87 wax cylinders containing Missouri-French traditional songs and narratives from the counties of Jefferson, Ste. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, and Washington. Loaned by the Center for Acadian and Creole Folklore at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Recorded by Professor Joseph Médard Carrière of Northwestern University, ca. 1920-1930. (includes AFS 20,504-20,507)

AFC 1979/025: Laurence Baker / Ozark Stories and Songs
One audiocassette containing songs from the Ozarks with autoharp accompaniment and stories from Hayti and Poke-Oozy Holler, Missouri, performed by Laurence Baker ("Mister B"). Recorded by Old Time Music of Barrington, New Jersey, prior to March 1978. (includes AFS 19,360)

AFS 19,844-19,873: National Folk Festival, 1972
Thirty 10-inch tapes containing performances from the 1972 National Folk Festival. The collection includes 25 pages of logs and the program book from the festival. Recorded at Wolf Trap Farm Park in Vienna, Virginia, by the National Folk Festival Association, July 27-30, 1972.

AFS 19,845A1-9; 19,849A1-8: Two tapes containing Roosevelt Sykes of St. Louis, Missouri, singing the blues and accompanying himself on the piano.

AFS 19,849A9-11; 19,866A20-26; 19,867A1-2: Three tapes containing Henry Townsend of St. Louis, Missouri, singing the blues and accompanying himself on the piano and guitar.

AFS 19,883-19,885: Interviews with Hobart Smith and May Kennedy McCord, 1963
Three 10-inch tapes of oral history interviews with Hobart Smith and May Kennedy McCord, with singing and instrumental accompaniment. Recorded by George and Gerry Armstrong in 1963.

AFS 19,883: One tape containing 15 songs performed by May Kennedy McCord of Springfield, Missouri. Recorded by George Armstrong, April 22, 1963.

AFC 1984/045: R. P. Christeson / Charlie Walden Fiddling Collection
One C-60 cassette containing fiddling by Charlie Walden with Dennis Buckhannon on guitar and Emily Buckhannon on piano. Cassette copy of a master tape for a projected LP to be entitled Traditional Fiddle Music of Missouri. Recorded at the home of R. P. Christeson in Auxvasse, Missouri, by Barry Bergey of the Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts, August 2, 1981. (includes AFS 22,181) (RYA 2522)

AFS 24,210-24,213: Ann W. Pittman "Imitations of Mother" Collection
Four C-60 cassettes containing religious and secular songs, family history, tales, and poems (learned as a child in Mississippi) by black singer and composer Ann W. Pittman. Original tapes held by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Interviewed and recorded in St. Louis, Missouri, by members of the Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts, 1978.

AFC 1984/001: Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Schroeder Missouri Documentary Video Collection
Two videocassette of two documentaries entitle "Max Hunter, Ozark Song Collector" recorded November 11, 1982; and "Down in Missouri with Loman Cansler" recorded November 30, 1982. Both videos recorded by A.E. Schroeder.

AFC 1986/022: Center for Applied Linguistics Collection
Fifty-nine 10-inch tapes of speech samples, linguistic interviews, oral histories, conversations, and excerpts from public speeches recorded at various locations in North America by various collectors, and compiled by the Center for Applied Linguistics for a project entitled "A Survey and Collection of American English Dialect Recordings." The collection includes fourteen linear inches of documentation, including an introduction and preface, a list of contents, content summaries, and transcripts. Collectors and interviewees vary, representing approximately 43 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Canada, and Puerto Rico. [catalog record][online presentation]

AFS 24,336B9: One tape contining a personal monolog by a 73-year old male, of German ethnicity, from Kansas City, Missouri. Recorded in 1975. Collected by Joseph Mele. [audio]

AFS 24,336B10: One tape containing a personal monolog by a 69-year old female of Elkton, Missouri. Recorded in 1975. Collected by Joseph Mele. [audio]

AFC 1990/015: David Adler Cultural Center / "In the Tradition" Concert Series
Eleven videocassettes of interviews and concert footage from the "In the Tradition" concert series featuring eleven programs produced by the David Adler Cultural Center with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Libertyville Rotary Club, and the Illinois Arts Council. The performances showcase various traditions including blues, Irish, Scandinavian, and Middle Eastern songs, as well as fiddling and ballads from Missouri and Indiana. Recorded in Libertyville, Illinois at the Libertyville High School Studio Theater, 1989. The collection includes 18 pages of concert fliers and descriptions of each performer and performance. Some performers featured on separate video programs performed together in concerts.

AFC 1996/034: Missouri Folklore Society / Tribute to R. P. Christeson
Photos are of R.P. Christeson taken from the 1950s-1980s, and showing him recording a square dance, working at his typewriter, etc. The audiocassette contains a tribute to Christeson which was presented at the 1992 annual meeting of the Missouri Folklore Society in Hermann, Missouri, on September 26, 1992. Speakers included Dolf Schroeder, Howard W. Marshall, and Gordon McCann. Also includes musical performances by the Loonig Family (German band), Tom Schroeder, Emily and Dennis Buckhannon, and Judy Domeny. The MFS Newsletter contains an obituary of R.P. Christeson.

AFC 1997/011: Lands' End All-American Quilt Collection
Lands' End in cooperation with Good Housekeeping magazine sponsored quilt contests in 1992, 1994, and 1996. The collection,housed in 154 boxes, consists of visual images, entry blanks, and essays written by entrants, as well as Lands End administrative files and correspondence pertinent to the promotion of the contest. Approximately 13,100 entries for the three contests came from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Numerous types and styles of needlework, quilting, patchwork, applique and embroidery are represented among the visual images. [catalog record][finding aid][online presentation]

AFC 1998/017: Rosemary Killam / Lyddie F. Hubark Songbook Collection
Photocopy of a handwritten manuscript entitled "Songbook" by Lyddie F. Hubark of Rombauer, Missouri, containing the lyrics for 32 popular American folksongs and ballads. Written ca. 1932, it was copied in 1992 from the original belonging to Hubark's nephew, the late Charles O. Ferris, of Gutler County, Missouri. It is accompanied by a 76-page transcription of the songs prepared by Killam. An additional 2003 gift includes a second, cleaner copy of the ballad book, two print outs of transcriptions, a paper given by Killam at the 2003 International Ballad Conference, and an audiocassette of Professor Clyde Faries singing ballads from the ballad book.

AFC 2000/001: Local Legacies Collection
Four hundred and five linear feet (approximately 90,000 manuscript pages, 475 sound recordings, 13,270 graphic materials, 335 electronic media, and 75 artifacts) of documentation of local festivals, fairs, parades, and other community-based events from each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories and trusts. The Local Legacies Collection was donated through the efforts of individuals, organizations, and institutions asked to participate by members of Congress. This project was part of the Library of Congress Bicentennial celebration in the year 2000. [catalog record][online presentation][Missouri Local Legacies]

AFC 2000/004: Mac McKeever / 1994 Contra Dance Survey
In 1994, Mac McKeever, president of the Childgrove Country Dancers of St. Louis, Missouri, surveyed contra dance groups around the U.S. regarding their organizational structure, income and expense patterns, frequency of meeting, and so on. With McKeever's permission, Owen Kelley made a photocopy of the materials which he has donated to the Archive.

AFC 2000/027: Southwest Missouri State University OzarksWatch Video Magazine Collection
Videos covering Ozarks culture and heritage, produced through Southwest Missouri State University's Ozarks Studies Institute. Each video in the series is approximately 30 minutes long and comprised of in-studio interviews and on-location features.

AFC 2003/010: "Women of Old-Time Music: Tradition and Change in the Missouri Ozarks" by Holly Hobbs
One videocassette entitled "Women of Old-Time Music: Tradition and Change in the Missouri Ozarks." Filmed by Holly Hobbs. [catalog record]

AFC 2006/013: Northeast Missouri Folk Symposium Collection
Materials from the March 25, 2006, Northeast Missouri Folk Symposium, held at Truman University in Kirksville, Missouri. The collection includes audio and video recordings of fiddling workshops, oral history sessions based on StoryCorps techniques (including one interview with a World War II veteran), and other symposium events.

AFC 2007/018: Don Hill and David Mangurian Collection of Tape Recordings
Original analog tapes and digitized copies of the tapes, representing over 40 hours of original field recordings made between 1958 and 1961 in Baltimore, Maryland; Clarksdale, Mississippi; Chicago, Illinois; Delaney, Arkansas; Los Angeles, California; Nashville, Tennessee; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York, New York; St. Louis, Missouri, and in Northern Georgia. The recordings comprise 724 songs and interviews with 20 of the musicians (including 12 blues and street singers).

AFC 2008/021: Raymond Rice Collection of the Songs of Benjamin Franklin Rice
Photocopies of manuscript typed by Mabel Leora Rice in the mid-1930s, annotated by David Rice, Sr. (son of Benjamin Rice). Benjamin Rice was one of the singers recorded by Sidney Robertson in Springfield, Missouri, in 1936 (see 30 entries on AFS 3207ff). Some Ben Rice material was incorporated into the "California Gold" on-line presentation, based on Robertson's use of the material in California. Also a CD copy of early recordings by Benjamin Rice, David Rice, and Raymond Rice (grandfather, father, son).